There will be a practice spelling test on short /i/ words. It will not be graded.

Remember - to be entered in the Attendance Challenge on Friday, your child must be at school every day, and on time (8:00).

Please practice spelling words andsight words nightly.

Sight words 21-25 will be assigned, but they will not be tested this week. Please practice these words at home.

This week:LiteracyWe will continue practicing Daily 5 stations, and introduce Writing Station. We will keep reviewing how to build stamina in reading. For our literacy unit we will read a book about fire trucks, and practice identifying the main idea in a book, along with details from the book to support the main idea.

Spelling/Phonics short iPlease practice the spelling words all week at home. Practice test on Friday.

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Sight Words Words 21-25*Please review sight words every night, especially if your child needs a lot of practice to remember them.* Test will be next week on this week's and next week's words.

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MathenVision Unit 1

Monday -Lesson 1-7:Practice Solving Problems: Add To

Tuesday - Lesson 1-8:Solve Problems: Put Together/Take Apart

Wednesday - Lesson 1-9:Construct Arguments

Thursday - Review for Topic 1 Assessment

Friday - Topic 1 Assessment/Math games on the computer

Science - In science we will talk about living and non-living things. We will start a few experiments to help us understand the plant life cycle and how plants get water.

Social Studies- We will continue to review rules and procedures in school. We will continue our unit on good citizenship, and discuss the different kinds of rules there are, and why we have them.

I will give a spelling test this week, but it will not be graded. Graded spelling tests will start on 9/29.

Please sign up for ClassDojo if you have not already done so. Thank you!

Please practice spelling words and sight words nightly.

This week:LiteracyWe will be practicing Daily 5 - Buddy Reading and Word Work. We will also be reviewing how to select just-right books for read to self, as well as taking a tour of the classroom library, how to find a good reading spot in the classroom, and reviewing how to build stamina in reading. We will also read the book Chester’s Way, and discuss the characters, setting, and theme of the story.

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AnnouncementsThere are a lot of announcements at the beginning of the school year, next week’s newsletter will not be this long :)

We will be starting to assign spelling words this week. There will not be a spelling test this week; in October, we will start giving spelling tests every Friday.

We will start assigning homework this week. For math, there will be a worksheet that accompanies the math lesson taught that day in class. For reading, we expect you to have your child read to you for 20 minutes (no reading log is required for this, however we will have some reading programs coming up that require a reading log for entry, such as Six Flags Read to Succeed, Pizza Hut Book-It!, and the Blackhawks Reading Program, which I will send a message about on ClassDojo). I also strongly encourage you to have your child practice the spelling words and spelling pattern each week.

Please sign up for ClassDojo if you have not already done so. Thank you!

Curriculum Night at Dever is Tuesday, September 12th. Grades K-5 will meet together in the Multipurpose Room from 6-6:15, and you will then come to Room 101 from 6:20 - 6:40 PM. I hope to see you there!

We will start assigning sight words this week. Please practice these at home with your child if you notice they are in need of practice - the words will get progressively more difficult as the year goes on.

Please return school forms (emergency contact, etc.) Thanks!

This week:

LiteracyWe will be practicing Daily 5 - Read to Self and partner reading. We will also be reviewing how to select just-right books for read to self, as well as finding a good spot to read, how to discuss a book with a partner, and how to choose another book to keep independent reading going after finishing a book. This is to prepare students for literacy centers, which is small-group work time with peers.

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Sight Words Words 1-10*Please review sight words every night if your child needs a lot of practice to remember them. There will be a sight word test weekly or biweekly (depending on how many words are assigned).*